On Sunday 30th December I sent off one original piece of artwork from my current project ‘Transfers’ to it’s new home with Edwina @meekajewellery!
Who is the lucky winner of my most recent giveaway, when I hit 700 followers during last week! UPCOMING EVENTS
BUILDING A GREATER AWARENESS FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Here's a sneak peek from my Mental Health story, more coming soon! 
MORE 2019 NEWS
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Hello Everyone,
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing you all a fruitful year full of happiness and fufillment.
To kick off the new year, I thought I'd try a bit of writing as it's something I rarely do. So just for you, this is my new years gift to you all. My very first blog post, so bear with me as it is my first...I'm excited and scared about it at the same time! I hope that you enjoy it and if you have any thoughts or questions, then do give me a shout out or DM on Instagram, just follow: @lhepworth2 A New Year, A New CanvasIt's a new year and a new canvas, now I know there's the old saying plenty of people live by, "new year, new me". But when reflecting upon one's movements it always brings me back to the same way I would look at the process that longs to a piece of art. Each year we begin with a blank surface, the year starts us off with a fresh new canvas. Full of hope and promise for us to see through to the very end. Giving us time to make the risks and take chances we need as individuals to develop in our own journeys. In the same way a brush would travel across the canvas' surface. And throughout the year that same blank canvas now features a part of ourselves which communicates depth, tone and substance, to the layers we have gradually build upon and stripped back within each second, minute, and hour of each day of the year. Now art and people have more in common than we let on, especially when layers are involved! Like paintings, we build on ourselves through personality, confidence (whether that's a inner confidence or not), we come in all shapes, size and colours. Everyone is unique but what brings us all together in our diversity is our layers, you'll notice that the more layers you have, you will feel comfortable, happy even but most importantly safe in the paths you take throughout the year. In the same way a new layer of paint behaves on a dried surface of paint. However, you cannot have your highs without your lows and those can be revealed to us when we begin to strip those layers back to the blank canvas we began with, which can make us feel vulnerable and exposed to the feelings we are sometimes unable to say aloud. Fear even, that the decisions we make won't always go the way we want them to, like that time you didn't get that job you so worked so hard for. Or like adding on just a bit too much black paint on top of your developed canvas and realising it may work and make the piece so much stronger than you first anticipated, or it may not have worked at all and leave you feeling all sorts of emotions, frustrated, angry, most of all, like you failed. And of the many things we may feel in those moments of vulnerability, we will begin to identify what makes us really tick. What our strengths and weaknesses are and how each of those can be utilized in ways that rebuild and strip back the layers which are essential to making each of us, who we are. We are all artists in a constant state of innovation to create, defining each step we take every minute of everyday in this new year. So let the new year be your blank canvas and start marking out your next strokes of paint, and let's see where it takes you! Written by Laura Hepworth on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 
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Working towards a greater awareness of our connection to the natural world.
FROM THE MAKINGS OF MINI WEBS TO THE DESIGN OF YOUR OWN UNIVERSE, OR IMMERSE YOURSELF WITH THE MARK MAKING WORKSHOP, EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH MARKS. LET THE ART DO THE TALKING FOR YOU.
FROM THE MAKINGS OF MINI WEBS TO THE DESIGN OF YOUR OWN UNIVERSE, OR IMMERSE YOURSELF WITH THE MARK MAKING WORKSHOP, EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH MARKS. LET THE ART DO THE TALKING FOR YOU.
These workshops are suitable for all ages and perfect for teaching primary KS2 science in a fun and innovative way.
Workshop Activities Include:
- Mini Web Making
- Formation Drawing
- Galaxy Formation Print Making
- Mark Making
